Two BART stations reopen after bomb scare

Updated 3:37 pm, Saturday, February 2, 2013

(02-02) 15:35 PST Richmond -- Two BART stations closed for about one-and-a-half hours after a suspicious package was found on the tracks have been reopened.

BART police closed and evacuated the Richmond and El Cerrito del Norte stations at about 1 p.m. after the suspicious item was seen on the track at El Cerrito del Norte station, BART spokeswoman Luna Salaver said. Police investigators and a Walnut Creek bomb squad investigated the package and determined it to be innocuous, she said.